Search location by ZIP code

NEWS ARCHIVE

Remains of infant found while deputies were serving eviction notice, authorities say

Remains found at Fountain Hills Apartments on Chapman Road

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 12:03 PM EDT Sep 19, 2017

Remains of infant found while deputies were serving eviction notice, authorities say

Remains found at Fountain Hills Apartments on Chapman Road

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 12:03 PM EDT Sep 19, 2017

Hide TranscriptShow Transcript

WEBVTT rtJOE A FEW HOURS HAVE PASSED: SINCE FOUNTAIN INN POLICE SAYCLEANING CREWS FIRST DISCOVEREDTHE REMAINS.BUT IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER THANTHE NIGHT FOR SOME NEIGHBORS TOGET OVER THE SHOCK.A WARNING, SOME VIEWERS MAY FINDTHE CONTENT OF THIS STORYDISTURBING.rtrtrt>> AS LONG AS I'VE STAYED HERE,I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKETHIS.>> CAUTION TAPE BLOCKING THEENTRANCE TO THE FOUNTArtIN HILLSAPARTMENTS, FURNITURE OUT IN THEROAD.BIANCA JACKSON SAYS THIS WASANYTHING BUT A NORMAL EVICTION.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CHILDHERE.14:14:23 14:14:26 LAURENS COUNTY CORONER NICKNICHOLS TELLS ME CLEANING STAFFDISCOVERED THE DECOMPOSINGREMAINS OF AN INFANT BOY INSIDEAN APARTMENT, WHILE THE LAURENSCOUNTY SHERIFF'rtS OFFICE SERVEDTHE EVICTION NOTICE.>> A TIME THERE'S A CHILD, IrtHAVE A HEART.>> OFFICIALS WILL NOT KNOW HOWTHE CHILD DIED UNTIL THEYPERFORM AN AUTOPSY.>> IT HURTS REALLY DEEP.rt>> THE DISCOVERY LEADS MANYNEIGHBORS LIKE JUNCKER JACKSONON EDGE.SHE LOST ONE OF HER OWN CHILDRENTHREE YEARS AGO.>> IT IS DEVASTATING.rtYOU'LL GET TO KNOW THAT CHILDLONG.>> JACKSON SAYS THIS INCIDENTWILL BE ENOUrtGH TO SCARE HER AWAYFROM THE PROPERTY.SHE TELLS ME THIS DISCOVERYCOULD CONTINUE TO HUNT HER MIND.>> SLEEPING WAS A MIGHT BE ALITTLE HARD.rtTHINKING THIS WAS GOING ON ANDYOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT ANDTHERE WAS SOMETHING YOU COULDHAVE DONE ABOUT IT IF YOU DIDKNOW ABOUT IT.>> CORONERrt NICHOLS SAYS THEINVESTIGATION IS STILL IN THEEARLY STAGE AND AT THIS POINTTHE FOUNTAIN IN PLACE AREHEADING THAT INVESTIGATION.THE BABY'S REMAINS WILL GO TOGREENVILLE FOR AN AUTOPSY TODETERMINE THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OFrtDEATH.WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON TOPOF THE STORY AND BRING YOU THELATEST DETAILS ON AIR ANDONLINE.

Remains of infant found while deputies were serving eviction notice, authorities say

Remains found at Fountain Hills Apartments on Chapman Road

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 12:03 PM EDT Sep 19, 2017

FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. —

The remains of an infant were found Monday afternoon while deputies were serving an eviction notice at an apartment, according to a spokesman with the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were serving the eviction notice at the Fountain Hills Apartments on Chapman Road in Fountain Inn, according to Deputy Chief Jarvis Reeder.

Advertisement

The Lauren's County Coroner said they discovered the infant's remains while a cleaning crew was removing furniture from the apartment.

Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols said the child was found about 1 p.m.

Nichols said the child was a boy and the body was decomposing when it was found.

Nichols did not know the child's age and could not say whether the child was stillborn.